Spunt v. Oak Hill Nursing Home, Inc.

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This case is before the court on appeal from a dismissal of a wrongful-death action as being time barred. On November 23, 1982, the plaintiff Jerome Spunt, executor of the estate of decedent David Spunt, filed a complaint in Superior Court for wrongful death and personal injury against the defendant Oak Hill Nursing Home, Inc. (Oak Hill). On August 1, 1983, Oak Hill filed a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint on the ground that it was barred by provisions of the wrongful-death act in effect at the time of decedent’s death. The trial justice granted Oak Hill’s…